Praise
If Americans Knew has been lauded by the liberal media monitoring organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
Weir was given honorary membership in the Phi Alpha Literary Society at Illinois College in 2004, the award citing her as "Courageous journalist-lecturer on behalf of human rights. The first woman to receive an honorary membership in Phi Alpha history."
The New York Times reported about a speech given by Weir in Greenwich, Connecticut: "When the speech ended, Ms. Weir was met with thunderous applause, and across the room there was a widespread sense of satisfaction that someone was saying what needed to be said."
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Famous quotes containing the word praise:
“He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more he loses himself the more he has to endeavor to regain his position by means of the opinion of others.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Let us praise his works beyond the ages and times, beyond eternity!”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)
“There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.”
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